Conservation Commission To Review Cumberland Farms Expansion Plan

The Cumberland Farms along Main Street will be razed and a new 4,200-square-foot… (Peter Marteka )

February 25, 2013

GLASTONBURY — — The Cumberland Farms on the corner of Main Street and Glastonbury Boulevard is about to get a facelift – and more.

Cumberland Farms, Inc. will go before the conservation commission on Thursday for an inland wetlands permit and referal to the town plan and zoning commission. The plan is to demolish the 2875 Main St. 1,700-square-foot building in favor of a new 4,200-square-foot structure.

The building would be located to the west of the current structure with its location improving traffic circulation around the gas pumps. The existing pumps and canopy would remain in place. A total of 23 parking spaces would be added. Although some trees would be removed, the trees along Glastonbury Boulevard would remain.

The commission will also review a plan to carve out two frontage lots from a 30-acre hay field along Accornero Lane and east of Clark Hill Road. Although the property falls under the endangered timber rattlesnake's range, town environmental planner Tom Mocko said the field does not provide ideal cover and is not considered a high use location for the snake.

The meeting will take place in town council chambers of town hall at 7:30 p.m.